# argue

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɑː.ɡjuː/ · frequency rank #3,206

## Definitions
1. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
2. To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
3. To have an argument, a quarrel.
4. To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
5. To prove.
6. To accuse.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin arguōder.
Old French arguerbor.
Middle English arguen
English argue
From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more. Displaced native Old English flītan and reċċan.

## Easily confused with
- **arse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arse)
- **Arun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arun)
- **Arne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arne)
- **Arie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arie)
- **arise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arise)
- **arose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arose)
- **Artie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-artie)
- **Argus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-argus)
- **Arjun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arjun)
- **Arnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arnie)
- **argued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-argued)
- **argyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-argyle)
- **arouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argue-vs-arouse)
- **are** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/are-vs-argue)
- **age** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/age-vs-argue)
- **arg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arg-vs-argue)
- **Argo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argo-vs-argue)
- **Ange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ange-vs-argue)
- **argh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/argh-vs-argue)
- **angle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angle-vs-argue)

## Common misspellings (6)
`agrue`, `argeu`, `arggue`, `arrgue`, `aruge`, `rague`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/argue